Chicago 1978

1. Atomic Pie Hello

2. Claudia's Song (Rich Ruttenberg)

3. Where? (Vreeland)

4. For Al Crawford

5. Notes From The Resistance

6. Moose Dance

7. Doppelganger

8. Tauna

9. Atomic Pie Goodbye

John "Dok" Scott - trumpet
Rich Ruttenberg - piano
Danny Martin - drums
Don Jones - bass

All compositions by John Scott, except where noted. Recorded in Chicago in 1978.

"Chicago rehearsal of new stuff in 1979 at Danny Martin's house - terrible recording - mostly sight reading my new charts at the time - I only made it because it has music on it that was never recorded again."

1. Atomic Pie Hello (John Scott)

2. Impulse (Sam Rivers)

3. Jones Knows (Scott)

4. Upper Wacker Local (Scott)

5. Waiting for Chet (Hal Galper)

6. Legacy (Scott)

7. Afternoon in Paris (John Lewis)

8. Acceptance (B. Dogan)

9. Atomic Pie Goodbye (Scott)

John Scott - trumpet
Rich Ruttenberg - piano
Jeff Czech - bass
Danny Martin - drums

Recorded 1979 in Chicago.

The John Scott/Steve Griggs Quintet

"Forgive and Forget was at the Table probably 1984 or so - before Griggs moved to NYC - was his gig."

1. Black Nile (Wayne Shorter)

2. Naima (John Coltrane)

3. Invitation (Brauislau Kapers)

4. Forgive and Forget (Steve Griggs)

5. Giant Steps (Coltrane)

6. Atomic Pie (John Scott)

Steve Griggs - leader/arranger
John "Dok" Scott - trumpet/producer
Karen Korsmeyer - bass
Mike Kocour - piano
Jeff Stitely - drums

Dok and the Kocours

"You're The Berries was at Table probably -'84 or '85, but could have been '87 or '88 - DA was still living here, but was shortly before he moved to Chicago - Kokes and Stites came down for the gig."

1. Introduction

2. Sousé Today

3. Jeannie's Song

4. You're The Berries

5. Tears for Love

6. Ruthie's Tiara Waltz

7. Atomic Pie Goodby

8. Star Eyes (Raye)

9. Karinski McEvil

All compositions by John Scott except where indicated.

John "Dok" Scott - trumpet
Mike Kocour - piano
Jeff Stitely - drums
Dan Anderson - bass
Karen Korsmeyer - bass (tracks #8 and #9)

"Planet Of Fools was April '86 live at Table, everybody came down for 2 nights from Chicago. Ed recorded it, I stole the tapes while staying at his house recording the next one."

1. Atomic Pie / Intro

2. I'm Drifting Apart

3. Chameleon Eyes

4. Sousé Today

5. Jeannie's Song

6. Dok Rox

7. Planet of Fools / Atomic Pie Goodbye

All compositions by John Scott. Recorded April, 1986 at Nature's Table in Urbana.

Ed Peterson - sax
Jeff Stitely - drums
Dan Anderson - bass
Mike Kocour - piano
John "Dok" Scott - trumpet, composer

"Planet Of Fools was April '86 live at Table, everybody came down for 2 nights from Chicago. Ed recorded it, I stole the tapes while staying at his house recording the next one."

1. Atomic Pie / Intro

2. Sousé Today

3. Star Eyes (Raye)

4. Beantown Getaway

5. Low Impulse Control

6. Scooter

7. Atomic Pie Goodbye

All compositions by John Scott except where indicated. Recorded April, 1986 at Nature's Table in Urbana.

Ed Peterson - sax
Jeff Stitely - drums
Dan Anderson - bass
Mike Kocour - piano
John "Dok" Scott - trumpet, composer

I'm Drifting Apart - the Music of Molecular Disaggregation

"a Chicago digital recording made in 1987"

1. Karinski McEvil

2. Ruthie's Tiara Waltz

3. Sousé Today

4. Tears for Love

5. Flesh Tones

6. Atomic Pie / break

7. I'm Drifting Apart

8. Jeannie's Song

9. You're The Berries

10. Dok Rox

11. Stop Dancing

12. Low Impulse Control

13. Atomic Pie (Goodbye)

John Scott - trumpet and compositions
Ed Peterson - tenor sax
Mike Kocour - piano
Kelly Sill - bass
Jeff Stitely - drums

All compositions by John Scott. Recorded in Chicago in 1987.

"The Dinosaur Sings and Metal On Flesh were after DA [Dan Anderson] was gone but while [Dan] Deckard and [John] Hurtubise were still around - '87-88 period - I quit playing in '89 for 4 years in '89 after that Brad Wheeler Table gig that Donald (Rafael) Garrett sat in on."

1. The Dinosaur Sings

2. Feeling Is Believing

3. Planet Of Fools

4. Portrait Of Miles (Herbie Hancock/John Scott)

5. You're The Berries

6. The Vocal Tune (Ed Peterson)

7. Atomic Pie Goodbye

All compositions by John Scott except where indicated. Recorded around 1987-1988 at Nature's Table in Urbana.

John Scott - tenor trumpet
Ryan Shultz - bass trumpet
Danny Deckard - drums
John Hurtubise - bass
Mike Stryker - piano

"The Dinosaur Sings and Metal On Flesh were after DA [Dan Anderson] was gone but while [Dan] Deckard and [John] Hurtubise were still around - '87-88 period - I quit playing in '89 for 4 years in '89 after that Brad Wheeler Table gig that Donald (Rafael) Garrett sat in on."

1. Lost Anglos (L.A.)

2. Metal On Flesh

3. The Dinosaur Sings

4. Jazz Time

5. Splatterphone Rag

6. Karinsky McEvil

7. The Vocal Tune (Ed Peterson)

8. Atomic Pie Goodbye (theme)

All compositions by John Scott except where indicated. Recorded around 1987-1988 at Nature's Table in Urbana.

John Scott - tenor trumpet
Ryan Shultz - bass trumpet
Danny Deckard - drums
John Hurtubise - bass
Mike Stryker - piano

"Random Bands (Left Is Right) has 4 sources - 1) the Peoria gig before Brian moved to Chicago, '98 maybe ,2) both a rehearsal at Stites' house with Ed and Miles Hahn and Brad William, and 3) one of Ed's Green Mill Green Mill gigs with DiLorenzo on bass when I used to go up there and play the Green Mill with Ed on occasional Fri and Mon nights - was '88 probably, and 4) a Table gig also late 80's sometime when I was using Shaft."

1. When Will The Blues Leave (Ornette Coleman)

2. Confirmation (Charlie Parker)

3. One Hand Clapping

4. Alone Again

5. I'm Drifting Apart

6. Star Eyes (Raye/Depaul)

7. Impulse (Sam Rivers)

8. Left Is Right, Right Is Wrong

9. Atomic Pie Goodbye

1-3 - Brian Wilkie - bass, Josh Caplan - piano, Kevin Hart - drums

4-6 - Ed Peterson - tenor, Brad Williams - piano, Jeff Stitely - drums, Mike Hahn - bass, Dan DiLorenzo - bass (6)

7-9 - Ryan Shultz - bass trumpet, Glen Shaft - drums, John Hurtubise - bass, Mike Stryker - piano

All compositions by John Scott except where noted.